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T. URIE.

WAGON BRAKE LEVER.

Patented May 25 LVVEJVTOR .Attorney S' NITED STATES THOMAS URIE, OF BOULDER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO HENRY DEIIZ, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-BRAKE LEVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,719, dated May 25, 1886.

Application tiled January 30, 18:6. Serial No. 190,364.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS URIE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boulder, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of as much of a wagon-brake as embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the brake adapted to be operated by the foot. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the outer cap removed. Fig. 4 is a view of the outer cap, seen from the inner side. Fig. 5 isa vertical axial section; and Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of the lower portion of the brake-lever and its pawl.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to wagon-brakes; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the handle and the means for locking the saine, of a wagonbrake, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a circular plate having a central inwardly-bulged portion, B, having 'a perforation, C, and having a number of lips, D, through which fastening screws or bolts may be inserted into the side of the vehicle-body. The edge of the disk or plate is formed with an outwardly-projecting flange, Fi, having cogs or ratchet-teeth upon its inner side, and this iiange extends around about 'three-fourths of the periphery of the disk, the upper fourth of the periphery having a narrow ilange, F. A circular plate or disk, G, has a central perforation, H, and a central bulge, I, and fits with its edge against the edge of the flange around the other disk, and the upper fourth of the edge of the outer disk or cap is provided with a narrow inwardly-projecting lange, J, which corresponds to the ange at the upper portion (No model.)

of the inner disk, and leaving a narrow slot in the circular casing formed by the two disks.

The disks are secured together by means of a nutted bolt, K, which passes through the central perforations ofthe disks,and the brakelever orI handle L is pivoted upon this bolt near its lower end. The lower end of this brakelever has the inner bifurcated end of a pawl, M, pivoted upon it, and the upper side of this pawl is provided with an eye, N, near its center, into which eye the lower hooked end of a thinner rod, O, is inserted, the said rod extending up along the brake-lever and being pivoted at its upper end upon a handle, l?, pivoted. upon the upper end of the brake-lever, near the handle of the same. The pawl is pivoted to the lower end of the brake-lever in such a manner that the pawl will project upward with its free end and engage the ratchetteeth or cogs upon the inner side of the flange of the inner disk by its own weight, and by raising the outer end of the pawl by means of the rod attached to it the pawl may be disengaged from the ratchetteeth, allowing the brake-handle to be turned in either direction.

By reason of the ratchet-teeth extending around over three-fourthsof the flange, the brake-lever may be reversed upon the bolt, when the brake may `be secured upon the other side of the vehicle, the brake being reversible and adaptable for both sides of the vehicle.

The handle for operating the pawl consists, generally, of an elbow-lever pivoted at the end of its shorter arm to the side of the brakehandle and having the thin pawl-operating rod attached at its bend,so that by drawing the upwardly-projecting handle ofthe elbow-lever and the handle ofthe brake-lever together, the rod and the pawl will be raised.

When the brake is to be operated by the foot, the brake lever or handle is formed with an outwardly-projecting foot-rest, Q, and the upper end of the elbow-lever is formed with an outwardly-projecting arm, R, and the foot is rested upon the foot-rest under the projecting arm of the pawl-raising lever. When it is now desired to raise the pawl, the toe of the foot is raised, which will tilt the bent lever and raise the pawl, and the brake1ever may be pushed either way by the foot.

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I thus construct a brake which may be ap The combination of two circular plates, one 2 5 plied to either side of a vehicle, and in which of which has a flange around its periphery and the locking device is covered, so that it cannot the other one has a flange around only part of beobstructed by dirt andrenderedinoperative, its periphery, said complete flange having 5 and the pawl will engage the ratchet teeth in teeth around part of its interior and having a such a manner, being forced to engage them recess in the part which is not supplied with 3o by its own weight, that the pawl is not liateeth, said plates having an inwardlyprojectble to slip by the shaking and rattling of the ing bulged portion at their centers, and an vehicle over a rough road. aperture through said bulged portions, alever ro The brake-lever is held and guided by the pivot/ally secured at the center of said plates faces of the central bulges of the circular disks and projecting through said recess, said lever 35 and by the narrow anges bordering the slot having a pawl at its bottom and a thumb-lever formed in the upper fourth of the periphery at its top, and a rod connecting said pawl and of the casing formed by the disks, so that the said thumb-lever, as shown and described. l: brake-lever will not be liable to be bent or to In testimony that I claim the foregoing as become loosened, as it is guided at its pivotal my own I have hereunto aixed my signature 4o point or fulcrum and at its upper portion by in presence of two witnesses. the anges.

I am aware that it is not vnew to construct THOMAS URIE. 2o brake-levers with a pawl at the bottom engaging with a toothed segment, and I do not claim Witnesses: such construction, broadly; but LYMAN E. BALDWIN,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- PAT GREEN.

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